Adjustable shoe-top.



NITED .f HENRYMETZ, .or `BAsooM,v oHro.

" ADJUSTABLE sHoE-TOP.

Tor'aZ whomv it concern.' f

efit known that I, HENRY METZ, a

'i of the UnitedStates, residing atfBascom, in

` the county of Senecaand State of Ohio, have invented new and 'usefulIm rovements iny i l Adjustable Shoe-Tops, ofwhic the following is aspecification. v

Thls invention has special reference' to` so. called storm-shoes, orappliances for boots and shoes for cold-weather wear. l It is theobjectof the inventin to provide a top for boots and shoes that maybereadily i l. attached and detached from theboot or yshoe andthatmaybejconveniently adjusted in various respects sogas to securea pro erand desirablefit and keep out thec'old an r stormk elements,'1 all as:will fully and' clearly appear from i the f. detailed;4 descriptionhereinafter r given, as .well as from anins ectionof thedrawinfrshe'reto annexed andy ormin a art 'of this specificatiom ofwhich said drawings-"- Figurelf i'sfa' perspective vview of the inven-`tion, showing itr as attached to thev top ofa common overshoe, thoughthev top of any.

other than an overshoe might as wellv have been represented.v F ig. 42is a view of that y sideof the invention not seen in Fig. l. Fig.

aboot-orshoe. f

3 is a sectionalfdetail view showing a clasp4 connectedwith the top andadapted to attach the lower edge ofthesame to the top ofr In thedrawings,

. boot'orshoe top, whichmay be made of suitable size and` material andbe bound, if; de `sired, around the edges to prevent the mate`- rialfrom fraying or becoming rough from we arv or other'means. f The top maybe madey e in practice lIy as high asis desirable. f Whi donotusuallymake it 'so asto reach above .the`r knees, vit may` readily besomade, and, moreover,*t is madesufhciently large to t'rather closelyaround the Ale andankle, butnot so snugly astoy cause iscomfort, since.itlwill operate to keep out snow, ice, and wet quitecompletelywithoutbeing bound tight in.` place.` f `1 b designates thetop kof ay bootorshoe to f 'which the lower edge of myim roved shoetopisl connectedby means o vclasps cor .50 which may berconnccted to the{shoe-top a other devices operating with the 'saine effect,

specification vof Letters Patent. Appucatimlmed my 3,1905. serial No.zalis. y

citizen a designates my improved Patented March 1a, 1906.

.boot or shoe b, or vice versa.

designatesfa fbuc'klejor other suitable means for connecting the frontedges of the" and made toi-engage -the .upper .edge of the .shoe b', andej-.indicates a series of buckles sef cured along the' front edges of myimproved shoe-top to bind the same in place and convlnect `the edges soas to keep out\.cold and other storm elements.y

My improved boot and. shoe top has the advantageiiof beingY readily used'in connecytion with any form of boot or shoe and when *worn to beentirely above the common boot or shoe, so as not to be in the-way orother? wise create any discomfort, and it will operate to keep' thefeet, ankles, and legs dry and l removed and easilyand quickly dried. pInstead of employing buckles, as represented, Imay use hooks and eyesvor other fastening `means as maybe deslred.v yMy invention isessentially a top to a shoelwarmand when not needed for use'can beupper, a continuance, as it were, of the short 1 shoe-top, to which itis neatly connected,"

opening down the front'with the shoe, and

readilyunloosed or unfastened, so that it may .be -taken oil orremovedfrom the foot as one with the shoe.

- Changes may of course bey'madel inv the. form of the improved shoe-topwithout de- .parting from the nature or splrit of the invention.y v* v y@Ilclaim- Y i Anim roved article of manufacture cona shoe-top having itslower edge bound and provided with fastenings reaching to said lower`bound 'edge to closely, neatly,

and securely fasten or-cIasp the said edge on the upper edge of theordinary shoe-top, open in front, and provided further along the frontedgeswith buckles, whereby the top is adapt-y ed. to be secured to theupper of a shoe as one with it, and be fastened around the legs andlankles of the wearer ofthe shoe-topA when in use. z

Irl-testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. v HENRMETZ. Witnesses:

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